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Outrage over UK university’s plan to cut African history course and its professor

The Guardian Higher Education

University of Chichester proposes redundancy for Hakim Adi, first Briton of African heritage to become a professor of history in UK A university has come under fire for proposing to make the first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history in the UK redundant and cut the course he runs.

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Student faces deportation from UK after arriving early for course at university’s request

The Guardian Higher Education

Now the University of Law has reported him to the Home Office An international student who travelled to the UK two months early after being given the wrong enrolment date by his university is facing deportation after it reported him to the Home Office. In January, he began attending classes without a problem. Continue reading.

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Foreign students may be undermining UK higher education, says Cleverly

The Guardian Higher Education

In a letter to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), Cleverly asked the body to investigate whether the graduate visa entitlement – allowing international students to work for two or three years after graduating – was failing to attract “the brightest and the best” to the UK. Continue reading.

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UK university launches postgraduate course in clinical use of psychedelics

The Guardian Higher Education

Certificate at Exeter to include teaching about existing therapies and research in psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience A UK university is launching one of the world’s first postgraduate qualifications on psychedelics to teach healthcare workers about using psilocybin, LSD, MDMA and other psychoactive drugs in therapeutic work.

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Are international students taking over UK universities? No – in fact, they’re propping them up | Jonathan Portes

The Guardian Higher Education

But that need is generated by cuts Jonathan Portes is professor of economics and public policy at King’s College London Since 2010, the number of international students in the UK has increased by up to 70%, while entry to the most competitive universities has become more and more difficult. The clue, obviously, is in the word “prepare”.

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Professor Hakim Adi shortlisted for prestigious Wolfson award

The Guardian Higher Education

The nomination for Adi, the first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history in the UK, is a vindication for the academic who was made redundant a week ago Hakim Adi, the first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history in the UK, has been shortlisted for a prestigious history writing prize.

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Symplicity Advocate empowers University for the Creative Arts to provide a new approach to case management

Symplicity

Trusted by over 300 universities globally for its case management solution, Symplicity® Advocate ™ expands its UK footprint with the renowned University for the Creative Arts (UCA). Home to 6,000 creative minds and with over 100 diverse courses, UCA is a leading UK institution for those passionate about the arts.